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The knowledge [[Brittany Taylor|Brittany]] displays regarding guerrilla combat tactics has also been used in several fanfiction stories.
 
==Animation and technical errors==
 
On DeMartino's blackboard, South Africa is spelt "South Afrka".
 
[[Jennifer (black girl)|Background character Jennifer]] mysteriously appears in the seat behind Quinn on the bus.
 
There's a full group shot at the start of Act 2, and it's pretty obvious that there aren't enough students there to fill two whole buses. Teams Red and Blue are also around ten people per team! Where did all the other kids go?
 
==Daria's Reading Material==
 
While Daria doesn't get a chance to read in this episode, Ms Barch is reading Susan Faludi's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlash:_The_Undeclared_War_Against_American_Women ''Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women''].
 
==Trivia==
 
Li is ''extremely'' well equipped and armed! [[Image:Li paintballing.jpg|thumb|250px|right|It's only a game, Angela!]]
The episode contains several references to the Vietnam War and popular films of it (which was listed on an MTV flipbook feature):
 
This is where the idea of Quinn deposing Sandi as Club President first comes up in the show. Quinn had previously raised the idea in "[[The Daria Diaries]]".
 
Helen pretends she's out of town whenever Mr O'Neill calls about student review meetings because "that man is just so ''creepy''."
 
DeMartino's blackboard lists topics for his Guerilla Warfare lesson: the Boer War, Che Guevera, Ho Chi Minh, John Wayne's ''The Green Berets'', Hit and Run, and Insurgency. He's written Wayne's real name ("Marion") down with three exclamation marks...
 
Kevin says that his dad is "a contractor".
 
Quinn has told Stacy that Jake is her uncle.
 
Jordana's retelling of her struggle with the Great White Shark is a direct retelling of the movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film) Jaws]''.
 
 
===Vietnam nods===
 
The episode contains several references to the [[Vietnam War]] and popular films of it (which was listed on an MTV flipbook feature):
 
* The title of this episode refers to the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter ''The Deer Hunter''].
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* Jake crawling through underground tunnels is a nod to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_War ''Casualties of War''].
* Jake's comments on "...the horror..." is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now ''Apocalypse Now''], where Kurtz cries "the horror, the horror!" DeMartino looming out of the darkness is another reference to Kurtz.
 
Jordana's retelling of her struggle with the Great White Shark is a direct retelling of the movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film) Jaws]''.
 
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